...Goltz, some of the German forces that had cleared Riga continued into Estonia rather than leaving Latvia. Von der Goltz felt strongly that Germany had not lost the war on...
...operation was underway, engaging with West Germany’s Ostpolitik and proposing a European security conference, while tightening the Soviet grip on East Germany, rejecting any idea of unification and engaging in...
...year in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania. It contains reporting from British embassies on the rapidly changing political scene, and documents attempts in London to develop policy...
...internal conflict raged. In others, anti-colonial sentiment gathered pace. In mainland Europe, including the defeated and divided Germany, large numbers of refugees and displaced persons exacerbated widespread shortages of food,...
...advantage in 1915 seemed to lie with the Central Powers, principally Germany and Austria, though a divided approach to the campaign against Russia weakened their initiative and Austria was close...
...of 1942. Their co-habitation lasted until Attlee broke up the coalition following the defeat of Germany in May 1945. The Great War prime ministers do not appear, at first sight,...
...how the Cold War ended: with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Germany. NATO did its job in protecting the West and deterring the East, and...
...million men from the Indian subcontinent volunteered for service, producing the largest volunteer army in history. At the beginning of the war, in 1939 and 1940, there were Indian mule...
...issues like reparations, French security and military control of Germany was elusive. Lack of such agreement made the protection of British interests in the Middle, Near and Far East more...
...north-western corner of the Holy Roman Empire (now part of Germany). Born in 1660, George I had considerable political experience in, and an obvious affection for, the land of his...